Posts Tagged ‘Life without parole’
Juvenile Life Sentences in Florida Under Question
On Monday, November 9th, the Supreme Court will hear two appeals from juvenile offenders who were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for crimes other than homicide. The offenders are claiming that the eighth amendment – no cruel and unusual punishment – should prevent juvenile offenders from dying in prison for a crime that was not a homicide. But many lawmakers in Florida disagree. According to this New York Times article:
There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. All are in the United States. And 77 of them are here in Florida.
Read more about juvenile life without parole and these Supreme Court cases here.
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The Recession Behind Bars
Inmate Kenneth Hartman writes on Op Ed article in the New York Times about the recession’s effects on prisons and prisoners. He writes:
Prison is a world reflected in a looking glass…
Kenneth E. Hartman, the author of the forthcoming Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars, was sentenced in 1980 to life without parole for murder.
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Witness – Death Behind Bars
A two part special that talks about the life of prison inmates who live in prison with no chance of parole. It highlights the life and death of the inmates who spent more time in prison than in the outside world.
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